Adults cited for possessing less than an ounce of marijuana in Denver will no longer have to appear in court under a rule adopted by the city attorney.

Now citations may be paid through the mail, Denver Assistant City Attorney Vincent DiCroce announced during the Denver Marijuana Policy Review Panel meeting Wednesday.

Also, the panel voted 5-4 to recommend in its first report to the City Council that the city attorney stop prosecuting the simple adult marijuana-possession cases altogether.

Mayor's group: Look away on small amounts

The mayor's marijuana review panel voted 5-4 Wednesday to

recommend to the City Council that Denver stop prosecuting adults for possession of small amounts of pot.

Backers of the resolution called it a another step in the right direction for Denver voters who passed an initiative in 2005 to remove penalties for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana.

The Marijuana Policy Review Panel voted in favor of a recommendation that calls to end prosecution of marijuana possession. 

Stop prosecuting adults for petty marijuana offenses.

That's the recommendation made to the Denver City Council Wednesday by a panel appointed by the mayor himself.

A possible court challenge to marijuana enforcement in Denver ended Tuesday when a student at Metropolitan State College of Denver pleaded guilty to possession of drug paraphernalia.

Timothy Arndt, 24, entered the plea just as he was set to go to trial in Denver County Court on a charge of possessing one gram of marijuana.